TYMPANY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. TYMPANY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TYMPANY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TYMPANY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TYMPANY
No single letter turns TYMPANY into another word.
How TYMPANY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TYMPANY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,352 thousand.
What stands out about TYMPANY
- TYMPANY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TYMPANY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A swelling of the abdomen caused by air or gas.
Tympany is the drum-tight swelling of a belly filled with gas, and the word is connected with the idea of a drum. It has also been used figuratively for puffed-up speech, though that sense is now old-fashioned.
How TYMPANY is used
Tympany is a medical term and, in older writing, a figure of speech for bombast.
- The vet noted tympany in the calf after it ate wet clover.
- Tympany gave the patient a hard, swollen belly.
- The speech was a tympany of empty promises.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TYMPANY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TYMPANY
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Common questions about TYMPANY
- Is TYMPANY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TYMPANY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TYMPANY worth?
- TYMPANY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TYMPANY mean?
- A swelling of the abdomen caused by air or gas.
- What letters can be added to TYMPANY?
- No single letter can be added to TYMPANY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TYMPANY:
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